Off heading after inflation..

[HomeyTheClown 1]

I have never been able to get on heading openings and have figured out that my canopy opens on heading but turns sharply after inflation, is this body position input >?

[JohnMitchell 16]

Same way each time?

[DcloudZ 0]

Could be harness input.

Does your canopy tend to turn a bit on it's own when flying in full flight? Could mean the harness is uneven.

Otherwise possible body position on opening?

Just throwing out ideas

"Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way." -Alan Watts

[Zlew 0]

Can be lots of things.

Some times canopies just like to turn.... elliptical and more loaded wings are known to do anything from a little hunting, to radical turns on opening. As your canopy becomes more high performance, they tend to be more responsive to any inputs (harness, body position, grabbing your risers asymmetrically, trying to "fly" the opening,...just about anything). Even a moderately loaded tapered canopy can take you for a tour of the horizon once in a while.

How is your line trim/line-set? Sometimes new lines will make a huge difference.

[Southern_Man 0]

what canopy?

"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"

[HomeyTheClown 1]

It's a Safire 2, now that I think about it, it's almost always to the left... Flies straight when in full flight. My lines are Vectran and are pretty fuzzy....Actually...my left side brake line is worn out much more because I used to route my brakes incorrectly and the left is much more worn than the right...Interesting...I need new lines.